Combination game board and pieces.



NIT. WHIIAKER.

COMBINATION GAME BOARD AND PIECES.

APPLICATION FILED.APR. 4. ISIS.

1 931 153; Pmmfl Apr. 3,1917.

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To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, NORMAN T. Wm'rannn, a citizen ofthe' United States, residing at New York, N. Y., have invented alnew and useful Combination Game Board and Pieces, of which the following is a specification.

a This invention relates to a new game board with the pieces for playing the game. More. particularly it relates to a common chess or checker board ha in sixty-tour squares but in each square a ho e is cut for the admission of pieces to be placed in the hole. By this means the pieces are, securely held in place which is particularly applicable in playing the game upon thislb'oard in a.

moving yehicle, such asa' railway train or a steamship. The pieces are, in tact, locked in the proper position and cannot, become.

disarranged or disturbed. a The games played on'this board and with the pieces are chess and checkers. The in- Vention resides in a new form of the pieces and the board itself When the. game is not being played, the pieces may be compactly formed in the board so as to make the whole structure easily and conveniently portable.

Further advantages and uses of my invention will appear later. I attain these objects by the structure illustrated in the. accompanying drawin which shows one prac tical embodiment my invention but the constructionfshown therein is to be under stood as illustrative only and not as defining the limits of my invention.v

In the drawings, wherein similar parts are denoted by the same reference numerals,

Figure 1 shows my game board with the pieces in position forplaying chess;

2 is a view in section .showingthe board with pieces in checker playing @081 tion but "the board-has a lid upon 1t, said incarrying,

l ig. a shows a modified iormot a used in playin checkers.

construction being the one used the device; and

Numeral 1s the'usual sixty-four square chess or checkerboard and each square has a hole oraperture 11 therein... This board may be .made of sheet metal properly stamped and punched 'and is easily and cheaply made. Surrounding the hole is an annular flange 12, the flan e being sli htly below the top surface of tlie board. hus each square has a recess 13. Theboard is made in a hollow box like form and the bot tom of the structure is designated at 14:, said Specification of Letters Patent.

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bottom being connected to the sides by bolts 15 or any othersecuring means. A lift-off lid 16, preferably of the same material, is

then made and buttons 17 and 18 firmly se-v cure the lid in closed position-and keep the a pieces place or else secure the lid in open position, as indicated in'dotted lines in Fig.

'2. The handle :19 is fastened to the side of" the box" for carrying purposes.

' j el or illus'trative urposes, six chess pieces as shown, 20 'a king, 21 a knight, 22 a bishop, 23 a pawn, 24 a rook or castle and 25 a queen, with the king and bishop and pawn being shown black but as is Well known these pieces are of both colors. 0n the base 26 of all the chess pieces I have formed a checker piece 27. For easily grasping the checker piece a recess finger. hold 28 is made. Between the checker piece 27 and its respective chess piece is a cylinder 29 which holds the pieces either, 'osition in the recess 13.

playing 0 eckers, to easily distinguish-a king or crowned man from the small men, l have made the deeper or of greater'distance from the hoardas will be clearly seen on the base of bishop 22 in Fin. Castle is also made deeper orwit i the base on the, checker end of the piece. When using the \"iece as chess men the base of the piece or checker end snugly fits upon the'fla'n" e andno part ot the piece extends bieloty' t eiaperture 11.

i ll ig. 3 l hat eshown a modified form of piece"- tor playing checkers. This piece is o the same height as other checkers built the king or crowning 'efi'ect is provided by marking Grown 36 Lupon the base of this'piece. ln playing only sixteen pieces are I Y or each player and in playing checkers only twelve [pieces are used tor each layer. checkers,- however, a number of i gs are necessary. Therefore, on tour of myohess Inemtor example the two bishops 22 and the twoeastles 2d, 1 make a king base, the other twelve chess men, therefore,

have the same height and configuration. lit a i will be seen by iil'JltS arrangement that when the chess pieces are in laying position, that the bases of these pieces are substan tially invisible as they are not in the recess 13. When it is desired to play checkers then,

the ieces :are'taken out of the recesses 13 'in 'wchthey were last left and the pieces,

only twelve in number for each side how e er, are inserted in the board like pieces 20 and 21, see Fig. 2. This will leave four chess pieces for each side 'which will not be used when the game of checkers is being I played. These four pieces are not used in playing checkers I have shown for example as the two bishops 22 and the two castles 24:.

So in playing checkers when the checker man reaches the king row, the piece will be crowned and to do this the original piece is removed from the board and inverted bishop 22 or inverted castle 24 is inserted in its place or, if desired, modified piece 35, shown in Fig. 3, may be used for a king. By this arrangement four kings for each side may be used and that is all that is ordinarily needed.

To recapitulatethe operation of this device is'substantiall-y as follows: The lid is first taken 01f of the. board and the board, as shown in'Fig. 1, will then be played upon. If one Wishes to play chess, the pieces are first placed in their usual position on the chess board by inserting each piece, in its proper aperture. The game is then played as usual. However, if one desires to play checkers then-all the chess pieces except the two bishops and the two castles are used.

. This. will make twelve checker pieces. The

chess pieces are then inverted as shown in Fig. 2 in full lines, and the checker end of the piece will project above the top surface of the board thus making twelve checker pieces for each side. The game is played in the usual manner and when the checker 35 piece reaches the king row either the inverted bishop or castle is used as a king piece.

When oneis finished playing the game, thepieces are all turned. downward, that is, the

chess pieces are inserted in the hollow box Letters Patent is; v 1. A game board comprising-a casing hav- -usual height and shape,

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ing countersunk depressions in its up or face, the depressions being provided wit openings, in combination with a game piece adapted to be arranged in each of the depressions to extend either within the casing .or above the same.

'2. A game board comprising a casing having countersunk depressions in its upper face, the depressions being provided with openings at the bottoms thereof, in combination with a game piece for each depression may be reversed to be used as a chess man.

5. A combined chess and checker piece having a common base, each piece having the whereby said cornbined pieces may be used piece or a chess man.

I 6. An integral gamepiece havin reversible chess and checker ends either 0 said ends constituting a complete ame piece'and each having. the usual heig t and shape, whereby said integra piece may be used for playing either chess o checkers, the checker end of the piece serving as a base to support the chess end of the piece in playing position.

7. A checker board having'its surface depressed to provide countersunk seats annular flanges extending from the walls of the seats to support a game piece in each of the 8. A game piece including'a chess man and a checker secured together, both the chess man and checker having the usual height and shape, the checker serving as a base to support the chess man in laying position.

. NORMAN T. HITAKER.

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